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Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 29, 2019 | Mar. 30, 2019 | Jun. 30, 2018 | Jun. 29, 2019 | Jun. 30, 2018
Income Taxes [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |
Increase in liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits |  |  |  | $ 4,784 |
TCJA income tax expense [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |
TCJA tax on unremitted foreign earnings |  |  | $ 12,000 |  |
Income Tax Uncertainties [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |
Additional expected repatriation | $ 100,000 |  |  |  |
Cash repatriated during the current period | 73,590 |  |  |  |
Repatriation taxes paid | 20,479 |  |  |  |
Future cash repatriation [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |
Future cash repatriation next fiscal quarter | 104,000 |  |  | 104,000 |
Taxes associated with future cash repatriation next fiscal quarter | 15,000 |  |  | 15,000 |
Tax expense on tax-basis gain | 7,554 |  |  | 7,554 |
Remeasurement of Repatriation Deferred Tax Liability [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Effect on Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Deferred other tax expense (benefit) | $ 48 |  | 9,006 | $ 633 | $ 7,690
Remeasurement of Deferred Tax Liability Debt Extinguishment [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Effect on Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Deferred other tax expense (benefit) |  | $ 1,312 | $ 33,963 |  |

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